Obesity is the leading preventable cause of death worldwide. It can cause reduced life expectancy and many related health issues. Globally, there are at least 300 million obese adults. I struggle daily with manic depressive illness (bipolar disorder) and obesity. On August 3rd, 2011 I had the Realize Band Surgery. Visit www.lose250.com to see my weekly weight log. Use the PayPal non-deductible "Donate" button to buy me a cup of coffee.

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Saturday, August 6, 2011

Possible infection

Denver Art Museum Hamilton Bldg.

Hello, I'm going to try to keep this post short because I want to go to the museum this morning. Right now I am using places to make sure that I am walking around enough. Yesterday I went to the Douglas County Fair which was interesting from a scholarly point of view, but really not my cup of tea. I prefer the warm of the big city to cow pastures. However, I did walk around and I did not have any soreness nor did my incisions hurt.

Last night before I went to bed I noticed that the longer incision on my right side felt warm. It may be an infection that my body could fight, but I am taking no chances so I called Dr. Tillquist this morning and he called into my pharmacy a prescription for antibiotics. I am allergic to most antibiotics, but I haven't had any trouble with a super strong set called "Z-Pak." Z-Pak is the trade name for Zithromax which is actually Azithromycin which is in the group of drugs called macrolide antibiotics.

Last week when I had my pre-op appointment with my doctor I scaled in at 413. Yesterday when I used my own scale without clothes on I weighed 400. This morning I used the same at home base line and weighed 397. Regardless of the accuracy between the doctor's scale and mine, I am losing hand fulls of weight. Now I need to exercise to make sure I'm not losing muscle. I am still on a liquid diet and I feel less hungry than I usually... did.

Christopher 350 LBS June 29, 2009

About Me

Book bio (August 11, 2011)
Having grown up in Littleton Colorado, Christopher and his wife Cheri settled into the San Francisco Bay Area and then moved to Buffalo New York where he studied Political Science and graduated Summa Cum-Laude. In 1996 he came full circle and moved back to Denver with the intention of moving to Colorado for law school, but ended up at The University of Denver’s Graduate School of International Studies. In addition, Christopher holds a Master’s in Education/Instructional Design.
Christopher, Cheri and their three grown sons live joyfully in Lakewood Colorado where he manages his father’s posthumous art and film career, blogs about Obesity, bariatric surgery and Bipolar Disorder, writes freelance articles, and writes books. His current fiction novel is “Night in Positano” about a bipolar teen from Boulder Colorado who suffers through suicidal tendencies and psychosis.His other projects include his autobiographical book about his fight against morbid obesity and finally a book about the antics of his late father, the experimental filmmaker and artist www.PaulSharits.com